AUTOMOTIVE INSIGHTS

A blog from Docol® that provides you with relevant, in-depth articles about the topics affecting your business. From trends, technical insights, production techniques, product news and more, we bring you valuable information that can help innovate your business and boost your competitiveness.

Automotive insights articles

AHSS with high edge ductility – now a reality

With the emergence of new advanced high strength steel (AHSS) with high edge ductility, automotive manufacturers facing design and production challenges with HSLA material may have a real solution.

What does “value-in-use” have to do with advanced high-strength steel?

The common financial term “value-in-use” is something to consider carefully when discussing investments. However, it can also be used to explain the benefits of using different materials in manufacturing.

Docol® 3rd Generation steel is ready for customer trials

With promises of higher performance and greater production efficiency, the hype around the term 3rd Generation steel has been building up. Now, Docol® automotive steel is introducing 3rd Generation steel products, ready for customer trials.

The future of roll forming is 3D

Automotive steel news

SSAB is a partner in the Gacha all-weather autonomous shuttle bus premiered in Helsinki last week. The autonomous minibus is the outcome of collaboration between Finnish robotics company Sensible 4 and the Japanese company MUJI. SSAB provided its expertise in special steels to the project by donating tubes made of Docol® steel for the bus frame to give the lightness required.

Global steel company SSAB has established an agreement on collaboration with Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) in a student project in which an e-rallycross car is built. The e-rallycross car project serves as a research, experiment and learning environment where students from different fields learn in collaboration with companies.

SSAB’s investment project to modernize the entry section of the pickling line at the Hämeenlinna Works has now been completed. The investment supports SSAB’s growth strategy in the automotive industry and enables a higher production volume of more advanced coated strip products.